The Great British Bake Off Masterclass
7pm, BBC2
This year’s Bake Off saw an extraordinarily high level of competition, from king of consistency Tamal and lion-crafting Paul, to Nadiya, who appeared to be channelling Michelangelo rather than Mary Berry. Now the star bakers – Mary and Paul Hollywood – return to the tent to demonstrate how they’d have tackled their challenges. Tonight, recipes from weeks one and two, including arlette biscuits and the black forest gateau that Dorret memorably mangled. Hannah J Davies
The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice
9pm, BBC2
The second instalment of this three-part survey. This episode reaches the Celts’ peak, circa the fourth century BC, a time when they razed Rome and extended their influence as far as what is now Turkey. However, nemesis was not long in following hubris: a rebuilt, resurgent Rome was not to be humiliated a second time. Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver make a persuasive case that the decisive clash between the legions of Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix continues to echo. Andrew Mueller
First Dates: Celebrity Special for SU2C
9pm, Channel 4
The warm, realistic and sometimes excruciating dating show is tonight home to a celebrity special for Stand Up To Cancer. Featured daters are student Sophie, who’s looking for a man who likes to travel; Craig, a personal trainer; and part-time model Louis. Hairdresser Gary and dancing Anna from the last series are also back for another crack. What they don’t know is that some of them will be paired with a famous face. Sit back and watch them deal first with their shock, then with dinner. Hannah Verdier
The Walking Dead
9pm, FOX
When we last saw the zombie-pulpers, Lennie James had returned as Morgan, the old buddy of Rick (Andrew Lincoln) who now has to adjust to rejoining his friend further down the spiral of violence and desperation. As Rick tries to convince the residents of Alexandria that nowhere is safe and that sometimes you have to shoot people in the face even if they’re not “walkers”, this season premiere uses flashbacks, new characters, and some deft, dark humour to convince fans that it’s not about to sit back and remain static. Jack Seale
Rhymes, Rock and Revolution – The Story of Performance Poetry
10pm, BBC4
George the Poet and Kate Tempest have served to make “performance poetry” a phenomenon on the rise – or at least worthy of a BBC4 documentary. As ever, there are some toe-curling generalisations, but also a profusion of quality talking heads, from Barry Miles (on Ginsberg and the 1965 International Poetry Incarnation, the big-bang moment of the UK underground scene) to John Cooper Clarke, who should be on TV every week. John Robinson
Legends of Standup & Bernard Righton
10pm, GOLD
“An Englishman an Irishman and a Pakistani ... what a wonderful example of racial integration.” So ran a typical joke by Bernard Righton, the PC comedian created by The Fast Show’s John Thomson in the early 90s. The effects of common decency on UK comedy were always greatly exaggerated, but, Righton is back in a new series, trawling the archives of classic, vintage standup with his own links. Among those featured tonight are Jasper Carrott, Steven Wright and Frank Carson. David Stubbs
Sex Diaries: Trans Lovers
11.05pm, Channel 4
This is a question worth pursuing, as film-maker Charlie Russell does in this frank documentary about men who are into transgender girls: is the whole possession of a “bulbous salutation” thing a determining factor in the attraction? The answer appears to be, more or less, yes (“Let’s not beat around the bush,” says Andy, who perhaps could have phrased that better), yet the blokes featured here repeatedly stress that they’re 100% heterosexual. A worthwhile study of fluid sexuality and the illusion of beauty. Ali Catterall
Film choices
Hero
(Zhang Yimou, 2002)
6.55pm, Film4
If there were an Oscar for most beautiful action movie, Zhang Yimou’s stunning historical epic would have won by the length of the Great Wall of China. It’s set in the third century BC, where a nameless warrior (Jet Li) is telling the emperor how he has disposed of his enemies, in a series of breathtaking flashback fights. Pity about the reactionary politics, but it’s absolutely exquisite. Paul Howlett
Tales From The Crypt
(Freddie Francis, 1972)
2.30am, Horror Channel
A pick-and-mix bag of horrors from Hammer rival Amicus Films, which specialised in that sort of thing. Ralph Richardson is the crypt keeper introducing five chilling tales, with Peter Cushing, Joan Collins, Patrick Magee and former Robin Hood Richard Greene among the victims. PH
Today’s best live sport
ATP Masters Tennis: The Shanghai Masters Second day’s play. 6.30am, Sky Sports 3
Euro 2016 Football: Lithuania v England England’s qualifying stroll concludes with a trip to Lithuania who still have an outside sniff of qualification. 7.15pm, ITV
World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge The competition begins with two matches. First up is USA v Canada, followed by hosts Great Britain against France. 5pm, ITV4
